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THE ODYSSEY (AN

in this alternate version
of the tale by
a less gifted poet
Odysseus fails to return
does not reach Ithaca
his bones whitening
on some island beach
being kicked around
by Calypso’s or
perhaps Circe’s children
or a Siren’s triplets
the one
who saved him
when he was wrecked
and then devoured him